TACOMA, Wash. (Mar. 27) ­ Seattle Pacific University successfully defended its women's varsity four crown at the Daffodil Cup on American Lake Saturday.

The Falcons also took first place in the men's varsity pair, novice four and junior varsity four and earned second place in the women's JV four.

Seattle Pacific's varsity four, which was national champion a year ago, finished with open water on second-place Pacific Lutheran. The JV boat finished 18 seconds behind Western Washington.

For the men, the Falcons' pair easily won by 40 seconds, the JV beat Puget Sound by a bow and the novices were two boat-lengths in front of Lewis & Clark

SPU competes at the NCRC Invitational next Saturday in Vancouver, Wash.

Women's results

• Varsity 4: 1-Seattle Pacific 9:04.1, 2-Pacific Lutheran 9:18.9, 3-Puget Sound "B" 9:373, 4-Lewis & Clark 9:42.6, 5-Puget Sound "A' 9:50.3, 6-Savannah 9:52.1
• JV 4: 1- Western Washington 9:50.0; 2-Seattle Pacific 10:08.0, 3-Puget Sound 10:13.7, 4-Lewis & Clark 10:41.0

Men's results

• Varsity 4: 1-Western Washington 8:00.0, 2-Puget Sound 8:18.0, 3-Savannah 8:30.0, 4- Seattle Pacific 8:34.0, 5-Washington State 8:41.0, 6-Pacific Lutheran 8:41.7, 7-Lewis & Clark 9:04.0
• Novice 4: 1-Seattle Pacific 8:34.3, 2- Lewis & Clark 8:44.3, 3-Western Washington 9:01.7, 4-Pacific Lutheran 9:13.3, 5-Puget Sound 9:57.3
• Varsity Pair: 1-Seattle Pacific 9:23, 2-Puget Sound 10:03, 3-Savannah 10:42
• JV4: 1- Seattle Pacific "A" 8:27.51, 2-Puget Sound "B" 8:29.0, 3-Puget Sound "A" 8:36.1, 4-Pacific Lutheran 8:52.1, 5-Lewis & Clark "A" 8:55.0, 6-Seattle Pacific "B" 8:57.5, 7-Lewis & Clark "B" 9:11.0, 8-Western Washington 9:21.01